PowerShares Intl Dividend Achievers (PID)

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  • commenter
    granger
    Aug 29 01:15 PM
    PID: International Dividend Achievers for Diversification [view article]
    Mam yu just gave me a great spread idea. Long DPN and short PID, arbing that nob-financial exposure will winout over the next 6/9 months in Europe and developed countries. I ave nothing against PID (I actually love it) just exploring this opportunity
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    notsosmart
    Aug 28 10:49 AM
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    PID: International Dividend Achievers for Diversification [view article]
    dont knock yourself out. just check our FRO & check history.just declared $3.00 @ share.ceo gets no pay-just div.income.i have no connection to this co except as a happy shareholder & no connection o wall st. Reply
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    rnam
    Aug 27 10:31 AM
    PID: International Dividend Achievers for Diversification [view article]
    Note PID may not be as diversified as you imagine. Over 30% is in financial services, even after the big correction. Also turnover is very high at 44%. Reply
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    DEcho
    Aug 27 10:29 AM
    PID: International Dividend Achievers for Diversification [view article]
    Glad to see PID getting some attention. It's a major component of my portfolio aswell (since mid 2007). One fact not mentioned in the article; PID is actually down more than the S&P 500 since the top Oct 31 2007, but this must be because PID has a 34% allocation to financials (16% for S&P).

    Will be exciting to see if the big dividend payout last quarter is a one-time-thing..     Reply
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    Topforeignst
    ocks
    Aug 18 09:23 PM
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    International Dividend Investments Can Diversify Portfolio [view article]
    Agree.Foreign funds give high dividends but most of them are heavily weighted in financials. Caution is warranted when picking up such funds. Reply
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    Delta David
    Aug 18 09:21 PM
    International Dividend Investments Can Diversify Portfolio [view article]
    RAFI stands for Research Affiliates Fundamental Index. Reply
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    Delta David
    Aug 18 09:19 PM
    International Dividend Investments Can Diversify Portfolio [view article]
    RAFI stands for Research Affiliates Fundamental Index. Reply
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    LBill
    Aug 18 12:19 PM
    International Dividend Investments Can Diversify Portfolio [view article]
    Barnburner- there are several funds and ETFs that are based on the RAFI methodology. PRF offered by Powershares is and ETF for US large cap and there are international stock offerings as well. Schwab offers mutual funds based on the RAFI methodology that have lower expense ratios than the Powershares ETFs. Of late, the international RAFI funds are doing much better than the US funds. Lot of debate about the merits of fundamental weighting (which includes dividend weighting) vs. capitalization weighting. You'll want to research. Reply
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    barnburner
    Aug 18 10:24 AM
    International Dividend Investments Can Diversify Portfolio [view article]
    L.Bill, RAFI does not come up for me when I plug that symbol to get quotes and info., am I reading that correctly?
    Thanks     Reply
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    LBill
    Aug 18 09:59 AM
    International Dividend Investments Can Diversify Portfolio [view article]
    Two things: First, everyone seems to ignore the fact that dividend funds have very different sector weightings than total market funds, typically overweighting financial, energy, and utilities. How much of the performance of such funds is attributable to sector weightings alone? Second, not all companies issue dividends so you are making bets on the subset of companies that do. Arnott's RAFI combines several fundamental measures in addition to dividends and does not exlude as many companies as do funds based on dividend weighting alone. Seems to me - if you believe in fundamental weighting at all - this is a more sophisticated approach. Reply
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    BoulderEllen
    Aug 18 08:13 AM
    International Dividend Investments Can Diversify Portfolio [view article]
    I would also suggest looking at the ClosedEnd Funds which invest globally. I own EOD, BWC, BGY, IAE, BRG, DHG, DGT, LOR AND LGI - together my yield is over 10% - with tremendous diversification. Within my entire CEF portfolio, we collect monthly and quarterly dividends from more than 1000 foreign companies. Reply
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    mangum
    Aug 13 01:12 PM
    Do Dividend Stocks Underperform the Market? [view article]
    Of course Schwab is going to diss dividend stocks. People tend to buy and hold them, which means "lost" commission revenue for Schwab. Completely self-serving on Schwab's part.

    And isn't it interesting that one can "lose" something one never had?     Reply
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    mangum
    Aug 13 01:10 PM
    Do Dividend Stocks Underperform the Market? [view article]
    It makes perfect sense that Schwab would diss dividend paying stocks. Investors tend to trade in and out of these infrequently, which lowers a brokerage's commission revenue. Reply
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    Capitalist
    Cow
    Aug 05 12:27 AM
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    Do Dividend Stocks Underperform the Market? [view article]
    It seems like the key is to buying dividend paying stocks because they "keep you in the game". But at the same time don't buy dividend paying stocks which have a large yield becasue of a fundamentally depressed stock (GM, C, BCS,) Reply
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    truthinvesti
    ng
    Aug 04 06:13 PM
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    Do Dividend Stocks Underperform the Market? [view article]
    My portfolio which is documented on my free website shows that dividend paying stocks have OUTPERFORMED PROVIDED you buy the right ones at the RIGHT PRICES. UST KFT MO KO RAI PFE BUD have all been bought in my"bargain bins" and done well. What you are looking for is GROWTH and SAFETY as well as dividend Reply

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